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Sunday, October 4, 1931
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The Headlines
POPE URGES AID FOR IDLE, LAYING ILLS TO ARMS RACE; WARNS OF PERIL TO SOCIETY; ASKS 'CRUSADE OF MERCY' Encyclical Calls On All Bishops to Organize Charitable Relief. SEES DANGER IN MISERY Pontiff Fears Want May Drive Unemployed to the Point of Exasperation. HAS LONG TALK WITH CECIL Vatican City Sees Significance in Visit of British Proponent of Arms Reduction. Document Published in Paper. Denounces Arms Race. TEXT OF THE ENCYCLICAL. Crusade to Comfort Soul. Condemns Armaments Race. Exhorts to Charity. Pope Sees Lord Cecil. Pontiff Receives 30 New Yorkers.
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Cab Calloway
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Charlotte Clark Mickey Mouse
You Share a Birthday With
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1822)
- Buster Keaton (1895)
- Charlton Heston (1923)
- Vitaly Ginzburg (1916)
- Jean-François Millet (1814)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Electric Guitar, Electron Microscope & Radio Telescope.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Meanwhile
- The Great Depression — GDP fell 30%; triggered by Black Tuesday (1929-10-29).
Time Elapsed
34,578 days ago
(94 years, 268 days)